Wilber Varela

Wilber Alirio "Jabon" Varela Fajardo (6 November 1957-30 January 2008) was the head of the Colombian Norte del Valle Cartel.

Biography
Wilber Varela Fajardo was born in Roldanillo, Valle del Cauca, Colombia on 6 November 1957, and he became an associate of the Norte del Valle Cartel; he served as Orlando Henao Montoya's chauffeur and bodyguard during the 1990s. In 2003, as many cartel members were extradited to the United States, Varela and several other cartel leaders attempted to negotiate a surrender deal with the Colombian government, leading to the stalwart cartel boss Diego Leon Montoya Sanchez attempting to murder Varela. Varela was wounded in the assassination attempt, and he declared war on Montoya after surviving the shooting. In 2008, he was murdered in a hotel resort in Merida, Venezuela on the orders of Carlos Mario Jimenez, who wanted to end the power struggle and take control of the cartel for himself.